Sedition Act fuels worry


PETALING JAYA: Non-governmental organisations and journalist groups expressed worry on the implications of the Federal Court ruling which declared the Sedition Act 1948 constitutional.

Amnesty International Malaysia said the ruling was a negative development for Malaysia and called for a repeal of the law.

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